SUSTAINABILITY

THE SANCTUARY AWARDS
SUSTAINAbILIT y PrOjec T AWArD W i nne r
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ADSL – Promoting Sustainability through their Supply Chain
the waste contract in 2014 when
work began with Hills Waste
Services (HWS) to achieve zero
waste to landfill.
HWS Site Services Manager presenting a Waste roadshow for service personnel on the Garrison © Aspire
careful planning ensures that
opportunities to recycle and dispose
of waste correctly are consistent
across all garrisons. Non-recyclable
waste is taken away to generate
electricity and a handheld PDA
system enables HWS drivers to report
access and contamination issues.
Aspire Defence Ser vices Limited
(ADSL) provides the Total Facilities
Management element of Projec t
Allenby/connaught, a 35 year
contrac t and the largest
infrastruc ture PFI let by the MOD,
covering four Army garrisons on
Salisbur y Plain and in Aldershot.
ADSL is committed to sustainable
business and has demonstrated this
in many ways, including a strong
commitment to suppor ting and
building sustainabilit y throughout
the supply chain in line with
sustainabilit y objectives. These
objectives, provide a framework for a
supply chain assessment and were
put into action with the renewal of
This very successful project has
achieved large increases in recycling
and power extraction resulting in a
100% diversion from landfill. ADSLís
partnership approach, engagement
and education with supply chain
partners and MOD customers have
without doubt helped to achieve the
projects aims.
SUSTAINAbILIT y PrOjecT AWArD r un n e r u p
Dstl Incinerator Heat Recovery Project Team
At Porton Down the heavy rainfall
of December 2012 – january 2013
presented a significant challenge
to the Dstl’s Incinerator resilience
arrangements. When rain water seeped
into the waste streams arising from
the plant and associated bunded areas
the water became contaminated and
could not be discharged. To better
understand the nature of effuent
collected, the team undertook
sampling to fully characterise
any pollutant composition and
concentration over time.
A technical report looking at solutions
concluded that the infrastructure
needed to discharge the water would
be quite costly and not the best
environmental solution. Subsequently
the team researched technologies to
allow the site to ‘contain and reuse’
water and at the same time meet
all conditions of the environment
Agency permit.
The dedicated team were
determined to find a solution that
was economic, sustainable and which
offered the best environmental
protection per formance. This
solution came in the form of flexible
double skinned tanks which are
affordable and easily deployed.
Flexible tank deployed © Dstl
The tanks can be filled with excess
water during abnormal operating
conditions which can then be reused
instead of drawing on fresh supplies.
The solution represents acquisition/
installation cost savings of £100ks with
significant savings to be made in years
to come over the life of the tanks.
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Sanctuary 43 • 2014